Bug id pic

[vizsla]

Anybody able to shed some light on this it must have been 4cm long

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[toilet digger]

giant wood wasp, urocerus gigas and its an ickle girl

 

[vizsla]

Oh cheers mate iv never seen one up close before i presume there quite rare

 

[vizsla]

And ickle id hate to be bit by her big brother

 

[blacktimberwolf]

I agree with he who digs toilets,..........you must have conifers around you.

 

[toilet digger]

they are parasitic and their adult stage is shorter than the larval, they inhabit coniferous woodland and now until august is the time to see them, but given that most pine woodland in the uk is dense plantation, it could account for them not being so visible.

 

[toilet digger]

sorry .. not parasitic , munch wood. DUH!

 

[vizsla]

Thanks for the info mate is there sting worse than a common wasp

 

[toilet digger]

i'm not sure if the sting cos the pointy bit is a saw tooth ovipositor for laying eggs in wood.
would assume it hasn't unless its double barreled

 

[Harvestman]

Wood wasp. Actually a sort of sawfly. No sting. Lovely creature, and I've never seen one, unfortunately. Envious.

(Don't know where the abrupt typing style came from. Oh well....)